If you regularly buy books to read on your Kindle tablet, then Amazon.com, a long list of state attorneys general, big-name book publishers and the United States court system have a gift for you.

Today, as part of an antitrust settlement involving allegations of e-book price fixing, Amazon is providing its customers with credits based on the number of books purchased during the time period at issue.

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